If it had not been for Owain Glyndwr's 15-year struggle against
overwhelming odds, the Welsh would not have survived as Europe's oldest
nation. His war is the defining era in the history of Wales. Yet Glyndwr
is hardly known - a cultured, literate warrior who was never betrayed or
captured and vanished into history. No less than six separate invasions
were beaten back by Glyndwr's army of volunteers before he disappeared,
his family and children either dead or imprisoned for life. Not for
Glyndwr the brutal public death of Braveheart, nor a grave to
desecrate - only an immortal legacy of hope and freedom. His war of
independence led the way for the success of another mab darogan (son of
prophecy) seven decades later, when a Welsh army won at Bosworth Field
and the Tudor dynasty was founded. This book tells us how Glyndwr came
to stir Wales into war, and why his name still resonates today as one of
the greatest warriors the world has ever seen.